Announcement

Kevin Murphy: 2014 Triton HoF Inductee

The June 26 event honored Kevin Murphy, who traveled to San Clemente to be in attendance.

The Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman was introduced by Jon Hamro, San Clemente High’s athletic director, who said a few words about Murphy before he took the stage. Hamro reflected on Murphy’s career goals of one day playing in the NFL, but also his other goal of trying to find a cure for cancer.

Head Coach Jaime Ortiz said it was a chance for Murphy to have a little of the spotlight after years of letting others shine.

“He’s going to go on and do special things, both in the NFL and in life,” Ortiz said. “The entire family was there: cousins, teammates and immediate family members.”

BIO

PREP – Attended San Clemente High and was a 2-time All- South Coast league honoree…Made transition during junior season from TE to OT.

COLLEGE – Started all 20 games of his final 2 seasons at Harvard and played in 30 career contests…Named Harvard’s Joseph E. Wolf Award-winner as the top interior lineman on the squad as a senior in 2011.
Kevin was an engineering major at Harvard with a biomedical focus…plays guitar in his free time…played football at Harvard when Vikings K Blair Walsh’s brother was on the Crimson soccer team…Shares Harvard alma mater with former Vikings standout C Matt Birk and the duo have the same agent…National Honor Society member.

PRO – returns in 2014 to compete for roster spot on strong Vikings offensive line…Honed his craft on the Originally signed as a rookie free agent following the 2012 Draft with San Francisco but was released on 5/14/12…Signed briefly with Vikings in May 2012 but was released before signing with the Vikings on 7/24/12 where he spent all of training camp and the preseason.